Comparative Education

Aims & Scope

Comparative Education is an international peer-reviewed research journal which, since its inception in 1964, has significantly contributed to the growing importance of comparative perspectives in the analysis of educational issues in national, international, and global contexts at all levels/sectors.

The journal engages with theoretical, conceptual and methodological debates in the broad field of comparative education.

It publishes rigorous analyses of educational phenomena, policies and developments that are of theoretical and practical importance and of relevance to scholars, policy-makers and practitioners.

We are particularly interested in in-depth studies investigating the interplay of international, cross-national and domestic forces in the shaping of educational ideologies, educational systems, and patterns of teaching and learning.

Submissions are welcomed from scholars engaged in high quality comparative research in all fields, including interdisciplinary studies, and from all paradigmatic perspectives in the social and human sciences.

Contributors are expected, where appropriate, to engage with and build upon the existing body of scholarship published in the Journal and other significant texts in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	3.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.237

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	72

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3379

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	435

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Big Policies/Small World: An introduction to international perspectives in education policy

  Citation: 660

  Authors: STEPHEN J.

• Globalisation, New Managerialism, Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurialism in Universities: Is the local dimension still important?

  Citation: 386

  Authors: ROSEMARY

• Processes of Policy Borrowing in Education: some explanatory and analytical devices

  Citation: 371

  Authors: DAVID, KIMBERLY

• Comparative Research in Education: a mode of governance or a historical journey?

  Citation: 329

  Authors: ANTO´NIO, TALI

• Globalisation, knowledge economy and comparative education

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Roger

• The Finnish miracle of PISA: historical and sociological remarks on teaching and teacher education

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Hannu

• Comparing Neo-liberal Projects and Inequality in Education

  Citation: 248

  Authors: Michael W.

• Returns to Education: an updated international comparison

  Citation: 244

  Authors: George

• Looking East: Shanghai, PISA 2009 and the reconstitution of reference societies in the global education policy field

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Sam, Bob

• A meta-review of typologies of global citizenship education

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Karen, Marta, Sharon, Vanessa

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